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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
You can't allow a team like Edmonton or Colorado to make it difficult for the bad teams to get better. All that will result in is an even distribution of talent in a draft, which would then result in the destruction of parity in the league. The draft's essence is to make the bad teams good in time by giving them the best players.
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This. The point of the draft is to distribute the best young players to the worst teams. It isn't a regrettable side-effect. Or a mistake. It's the whole point.